Saturday, November 21, 2015

Why Is the World so Blase' About Terror in Israel?

One thing over the last week has rankled
many Israelis over the last week.While
we also showed our support for France after the last attack, we noted very
carefully how that type ofsupport never
seems to come our way.Yes, the terror
attack in Paris was larger, but population percentage wise, probably not. The world noted that Parisians have to deal
with a new reality… a reality that we in Israel have been living with, 24/7 for
a LONG time. Why is there such a discrepancy
in the attitude towards Paris/Israel by the world at large?

While some may be because of anti-Semitism,
I think the answer is much simpler.

The average American, while he may sympathize
with Israelis who experience terror, probably does not feel threatened by
it. The Israelis, by their thinking, are
experiencing terror because they do not reach peace with the Arabs, because of
the Gaza wars. They theorize that the Arabs, reacting to their situation,
attack Israelis. This is no threat to the American in Indianapolis, Memphis, or
Chicago.

However, when Arab terrorists hit Paris, the
gut reaction of the average American is probably, “there, but for the grace of
G-d, goes I”. The target this time was
not soldiers, not Jews, but your normal-everyday citizen. I suspect that this feeling of vulnerability
is what led to the wide outpouring of support for Paris this last week.

Well, Americans, please note that the
Islamic terrorists are set on wiping out Western culture. This is not a
political issue, but a religious/cultural one. And when you side with
terrorists, WHEREVER they strike, “legitimizing” their actions, you just help
to spread their lies.

Folks we are in the long haul here. America
and Europe will need to do what is standard here in Israel: search bags of
people entering malls, movie theaters, government buildings, and the like. But
if we want democracy to survive, we will need to call terror what it IS, and
work against it. That does not mean that political solutions can not help. They
may at times. But the extremist will not be satisfied by these “solutions”, and
we need to wake up to that fact, FAST.

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